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Three poems “Red Emma’s Bookstore”, “Don’t tell Ayaa” and “I can love you” appears in I (Want to) Love You, Baltimore.

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“Home is a Woman”, winner of the James Olney Award, appears in The Southern Review Spring 2020 issue, can be read here.  

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Read my first published fiction story “Atat” in the Relations anthology. Preorder a copy here.

Read nonfiction story “Tangawizi” in The Roots That Help Us Grow: An Authentic Voices Anthology Volume 1. Order the anthology here.

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Harry Slyvester Bird

I finished re-reading Harry Sylvester Bird, the second novel (and third book) from Nigerian-American writer Chinelo Okparanta published in July 2022. At the center of

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About the author

Arao Ameny is a writer, poet, and illustrator.

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